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US braces for flight chaos as shutdown drags

Hundreds of flights were cancelled across the United States on Friday after the Trump administration ordered reductions to ease strain on air traffic controllers who are working without pay amidst congressional paralysis...

Travellers arrive at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey. — AFP

Milder winds help LA firefighters

The remains of waterfront homes

Trump inauguration celebrations begin

American flags are displayed on the West Front of the US Capitol building, in Washington, DC. — AFP

What to expect on Trump's Inauguration Day

The flag of the District of Columbia (C) and US flag are set up outside the White House in Washington, DC. — AFP

Protesters express doom and hope as Republicans take power

People attend the statewide say of action and community rally in New York City. — AFP

TikTok to ‘Go Dark’ on Sunday for its 170 Million American users

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The ‘Minister of Everything’ for Trudeau in the race to replace him

Chrystia Freeland, Canada's former deputy prime minister

Noem pledges to revive Trump's border policy

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is sworn in during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on her nomination to be Secretary of Homeland Security in Washington, DC

Biden warns of threat to democracy from ultra-wealthy 'oligarchy'

US President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. - AFP

LA firefighters brace for return of extreme winds

A firefighter works to extinguish the last embers in the hills of Mandeville Canyon, in Los Angeles. — AFP

Death toll from Los Angeles fires rises as dangerous winds loom

Firefighters work to clear a firebreak on a hillside covered with retardant as the Palisades Fire, burns in Mandeville Canyon, Los Angeles. — Reuters

Los Angeles fires deliver latest blow to embattled Hollywood

Alana Dadoorian searches through the remains of her burned home during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles

Trump bashes California leaders over fire response

Firefighters puts out flames in the Mandeville Canyon neighbourhood of Los Angeles, California, on Sunday. - AFP

Los Angeles firefighters race as blazes spread

Flames and smoke are seen near power lines as the Palisades fire grows near the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood and Encino, California, on January 11, 2025. The Palisades Fire, the largest of the Los Angeles fires, spread toward previously untouched neighborhoods January 11, forcing new evacuations and dimming hopes that the disaster was coming under control. Across the city, at least 16 people have died as multiple fires have ripped through residential areas since January 7, razing thousands of homes in destruction that US President Joe Biden likened to a "war scene." (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)

How climate change is supercharging disasters

Virtually nothing was unscathed in the Coffey Park section of Santa Rosa, Calif., following a wildfire in 2017. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)

LA wildfire switches direction

Firefighters survey the remains
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